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    Effective remote monitoring requires close collaboration between reliability engineers, maintenance teams and operators.
    Akshat Sharma
    Feb. 24, 2025
    This article explores the importance of remote machine health monitoring, its integration into reliability programs, and the transformative benefits it can provide to industrial...

    Condition Monitoring

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    Some sensors do not have batteries at all — they harvest energy from the vibration, heat or light of a machine to power themselves. Without batteries, these sensors are more light and compact than others.
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    Vibration sensors are mounted on machines to monitor their vibration patterns. Vibration monitoring is commonly used on rotating machines such as motors, pumps, fans, compressors and blowers.
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    By moving to a proactive, data-driven operations strategy, process manufacturers can expect up to a 40% decrease in spend associated with unplanned maintenance.
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    A strong digital manufacturing foundation empowers personnel with collaborative remote solutions, helping them maintain awareness and solve problems from anywhere, inside or outside the plant.
    Figure 1: Condition monitoring systems can vary from wired, fixed-mount to wireless, depending on the application and need.
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    Condition monitoring allows you to see when something is out of range for various indicators, including temperature, vibration, oil and performance analysis, so you will know when equipment may need a simple inspection or may be close to failure.
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    Remote monitoring software utilizes a variety of communication platforms to send notifications from the plant equipment to the person responsible.
    Greg Jackson
    March 22, 2021
    Remote alarm notification software is more critical than ever.
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    Mani Nambiar
    Jan. 28, 2021
    Scalable remote monitoring helps process manufacturers attain plant and enterprise goals.
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    Using remote monitoring to enable widespread coverage of industrial rotating equipment such as motors, pumps, fans, compressors and gear boxes can provide peace of mind around unanticipated downtime, while also helping to improve energy efficiency and reduce the overall cost of eventual maintenance and repairs.
    Brian Alessi
    June 25, 2020
    Equipment reliability and efficiency are now more important than ever.